Xmas

[JM]

There are over 20 holy days that take place between Nov and Jan. Which holy day are you talking about?

 

[gord44]

There are over 20 holy days that take place between Nov and Jan. Which holy day are you talking about?

oh snap

 

[JM]

December alone.

December
Buddhism

• Bodhi Day: 8 December – Day of Enlightenment, celebrating the day that the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gautama) experienced enlightenment (also known as Bodhi).

Christianity

• Advent: fourth Sunday preceding 25 December
• Krampusnacht: 5 December – The Feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated in parts of Europe on 6 December. In Alpine countries, Saint Nicholas has a devilish companion named Krampus who punishes the bad children the night before.
• Saint Nicholas' Day: 6 December
• Saint Lucia's Day: 13 December – Church Feast Day. Saint Lucia comes as a young woman with lights and sweets.
• Longest Night: A church service to help those coping with loss, usually held on the eve of the Winter solstice.
• Christmas Eve: 24 December
• Christmas Day: 25 December – one of the most celebrated holidays around the world, increasingly celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike.[6][7][8][9]
• Anastasia of Sirmium feast day: 25 December
• Twelve Days of Christmas: 25 December–6 January
• Las Posadas: 16–24 December – procession to various family lodgings for celebration & prayer and to re-enact Mary & Joseph's journey to Bethlehem[10]
• Saint Stephen's Day: 26 December
• Saint John the Evangelist's Day: 27 December
• Holy Innocents' Day: 28 December
• Saint Sylvester's Day: 31 December

DreamState-WG

• Sol Invictus: 21 December to January 3 – Our Star, Our Young and Their Dreams. This time of year when the light of our star is at its lowest level, we celebrate those three constants. The primary activities for the celebration are gifting, family gathering and community celebrations. dreamstate-wg.com/december-21-to-january-3-13.html

Hinduism

• Pancha Ganapati: 21–25 December – modern five-day festival in honor of Lord Ganesha, celebrated by Hindus in USA.

Historical

• Malkh: 25 December
• Mōdraniht: or Mothers' Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival.
• Saturnalia: the Roman winter solstice festival
• Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Day of the birth of the Unconquered Sun): 25 December – late Roman Empire

Judaism

• Hanukkah: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכה, pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Chanukkah), also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BC. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

Paganism

• Yule: Pagan winter festival that was celebrated by the historical Germanic people from late December to early January.
• Yalda: 21 December – The turning point, Winter Solstice. As the longest night of the year and the beginning of the lengthening of days, Shabe Yaldā or Shabe Chelle is an Iranian festival celebrating the victory of light and goodness over darkness and evil. Shabe yalda means 'birthday eve.' According to Persian mythology, Mithra was born at dawn on 22 December to a virgin mother. He symbolizes light, truth, goodness, strength, and friendship. Herodotus reports that this was the most important holiday of the year for contemporary Persians. In modern times Persians celebrateYalda by staying up late or all night, a practice known as Shab Chera meaning 'night gazing'. Fruits and nuts are eaten, especially pomegranates and watermelons, whose red color invokes the crimson hues of dawn and symbolize Mithra.

Secular

• Human Rights Day: 10 December
• Zamenhof Day: 15 December – Birthday of Ludwig Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto; holiday reunion for Esperantists
• Soyal: 21 December – Zuni and Hopi
• HumanLight: 23 December – Humanist holiday originated by the New Jersey Humanist Network in celebration of "a Humanist's vision of a good future."[15]
• Newtonmas: 25 December – As an alternative to celebrating the religious holiday Christmas, some atheists and skeptics have chosen to celebrate December 25 as Newtonmas, due to it being Isaac Newton's birthday on the old style date.
• Quaid-e-Azam's Day: 25 December
• Boxing Day: 26 December – Day after Christmas.
• Kwanzaa: 26 December–1 January – Pan-African festival celebrated in the US
• Watch Night: 31 December
• New Year's Eve: 31 December – last day of the Gregorian year
• Hogmanay: night of 31 December–before dawn of 1 January – Scottish New Year's Eve celebration
• Dongzhi Festival – a celebration of Winter

Unitarian Universalism

• Chalica: first week of December – A holiday created in 2005, celebrated by some Unitarian Universalists.[16]

 

[gord44]

HumanLight: 23 December – Humanist holiday originated by the New Jersey Humanist Network in celebration of "a Humanist's vision of a good future."[15]

You forgot Festivus on this date as well.

 

[royal priest]

You forgot Festivus on this date as well.

and Forefathers Day, Dec 22.

 

[JM]

Christmas! The season where biblical principles are set aside so we may accommodate Roman Tradition and please the world.

 

[Aldebaran]

Christmas! The season where biblical principles are set aside so we may accommodate Roman Tradition and please the world.

Actually....
Christmas! The word nobody wants to actually say for fear of getting fired from your job, or told you're politically incorrect, or for fear of offending someone who doesn't believe in Christ. So we either replace "Christ" with an "X", or we just use the word "holiday" in place of the name of the holiday---but only THIS holiday. All other holidays can be named, but not Christmas.

So, why is this the case? And why is "Christ" replaced with an "X"? Does anyone ever say, "Happy Xgiving"?

 

[Albion]

Actually....
Christmas! The word nobody wants to actually say for fear of getting fired from your job, or told you're politically incorrect, or for fear of offending someone who doesn't believe in Christ. So we either replace "Christ" with an "X", or we just use the word "holiday" in place of the name of the holiday---but only THIS holiday. All other holidays can be named, but not Christmas.

So, why is this the case? And why is "Christ" replaced with an "X"? Does anyone ever say, "Happy Xgiving"?

As has already been pointed out, the X stands for the Greek letter CHI which forms the start of the word "Christ," and it (Xmas) originated with Christians. To resist the use of it by merchants and the politically correct I can understand, but there's nothing inherently wrong about us Christians using it, not anymore than that "fish" emblem that's so popular with the same people who talk as though any shorthand is defamatory.

 

[JM]

Actually, I posted an article by Pink that explains the X. And for the record, I work for a Municipality and the annual message from the Mayor and CAO include Merry Christmas, we have Christmas trees, Christmas displays, etc.

lol

 

[Albion]

Actually, I posted an article by Pink that explains the X. And for the record, I work for a Municipality and the annual message from the Mayor and CAO include Merry Christmas, we have Christmas trees, Christmas displays, etc.

lol

Not sure what Pink's (!) credentials are supposed to be, and I don't follow the reason for saying that you've not experienced what others have, but sure, you've been lucky in that way.

 

[JM]

Not sure what Pink's (!) credentials are supposed to be, and I don't follow the reason for saying that you've not experienced what others have, but sure, you've been lucky in that way.

The use of the word Christmas was posted in relation to the universal loss of employment.

The word nobody wants to actually say for fear of getting fired from your job...

I used an example to disprove the idea.

 

[gord44]

I used an example to disprove the idea.

Indeed. Despite all this 'Happy Holidays' stuff that gets blown up around this time of year, I haven't actually ever experienced it first hand. I hear about it on social media and forums, but if I didn't see or hear it there I would have no idea there was actually an issue.

 

[Aldebaran]

Indeed. Despite all this 'Happy Holidays' stuff that gets blown up around this time of year, I haven't actually ever experienced it first hand. I hear about it on social media and forums, but if I didn't see or hear it there I would have no idea there was actually an issue.

If you want to experience it, just turn on the TV sometime. Watch the news. No references to Christmas hardly at all. It's all about holiday parties, holiday trees, Happy holidays, holiday season, etc. But come New Year, they'll name that particular holiday, along with Valentines Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc.

 

[gord44]

If you want to experience it, just turn on the TV sometime. Watch the news. No references to Christmas hardly at all. It's all about holiday parties, holiday trees, Happy holidays, holiday season, etc. But come New Year, they'll name that particular holiday, along with Valentines Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc.

Well I don't really count what I see on TV. I meant more actually experienced an issue with saying Merry Christmas. I say it all the time and have never offended anyone nor have I seen anyone offended by it.

Usually what you see on TV or social media doesn't actually mirror real life.

 

[AndOne]

Christmas! The season where biblical principles are set aside so we may accommodate Roman Tradition and please the world.

This kinda sounds like shaming to me...

 

[JM]

This kinda sounds like shaming to me...

lol but is it untrue? Of course not. That's why it stings a little. Ya'll know it. lol

 

[AndOne]

lol but is it untrue? Of course not. That's why it stings a little. Ya'll know it. lol

It doesn't sting at all because it's totally cool if I want to esteem one day as better than another according to Romans 14. I don't view it as accommodating Rome at all. It's just what I was brought up with - I look forward to celebrating it with my family and friends every year and see no point in changing our custom out of guilt.

 

[tulipbee]

Do you celebrate Christmas?

Is it a cultural tradition or religious tradition?

Do you believe the Bible teaches that we should celebrate Christmas?

Sort of. Religously. Culturally not. I like to honor Jesus birth but dont go to family's gatherings cause gifts must be exchanged. If I dont exchange, I'll end up getting gifts, anyway. Thats not what jesus wants. Whose men giving jesis gifts is a different story for different reasons.

 

[theFijian]

Folks, it's a matter of scripture. Does scripture tell us to keep holy days? I would say it does not.

It encourages those who wish to do so, in fact we should not stop them, for they do so to the Lord.

The Bible does say we shall allow weaker brethren to keep them if they need to.

Indeed we should also consider the weaker brethren who need to not keep them.

 

[JM]

It's not "totally cool" to make up "holy days" and keep them. If you read Romans 14 you'll see it was a church that consisted of Jewish converts and Gentles, some of the members felt the need to keep elements of the old Mosaic covenant. The passage is not speaking about making up holy days and keeping them, but keeping days that belonged to a different covenant. Paul does give good advice concerning those who keep the holy days of the Mosaic covenant, "Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind" as to their usefulness. I'm sure we are all persuaded in our own minds that Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, etc. are no longer binding. After some reflection you will come to understand Romans 14 doesn't apply to the keeping of ChristMass.